History of Confederate Statues and Why They Divide Us. Fort Moore? Sad R.'s Pesky Pedestals, Another Hate Crime and Loudon Co.'s Sign Problem

 JULY 5, 2021

**  BEW POV doc explores the history of Confederate statues -- and why they divide us.

**  Why the Confederacy failed to recreate the American Revolution.

**  Family of Bardstown  Army leader seeks to rename Fort Benning after parents.  (Bardstown, Kentucky.  For their father, Lt. General Hal Moore, a Vietnam hero.  At least he is not a black person.  I worry that ALL bases will be named for Blacks.)

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JULY 6, 2021

**  Monuments, pedestals  on the agenda of Richmond's Planning Commission on Tuesday.  (Virginia.  Guess what sad R. will determine here.)

**  Jackson statue vandalized. (Charlottesville, Virginia.  Again, this is not vandalism, it is a hate crime.  Treat it as such.  If a white person did that to a black person's statue, it sure would be called a hate crime.  Level the field.)

**  Loudon County weighs what to do with roads named for Confederates, segregationists.  (Virginia.  Figuring this is in Virginia, what do you think they will do?)

**  Loudon's segregationist symbols inventory finds 16 roads, Mosby Heritage Area.  (Virginia)

--Old Secesh

University of Virginia Removing George Rogers Clark Statue and Making Other Steps At Confederadication-- Part 1

From the September 14, 202, Higher Education "UVA approves removal of controversial statue" by Elizabeth Redden.

A very interesting article about an institution of higher learning taking steps to erase history.

The University of Virginia on Friday announced it would remove a statue that depicts the subjugation of Native American people and rename  several other campus landmarks and buildings named after slave holders.

They will move the controversial statue honoring George Rogers Clark to an off-campus location.  He was a hero of the American Revolution whose actions helped secure the Northwest Territories (today's Midwest) for the United States.  He made attacks on Indians and the statue hails him as the "Conqueror of the Northwest" and features Indian people braced for subjugation.

They will also be renaming the education school, dropping the name of J.L.M. Curry, a Confederate leader and slaveholder, who advocated for free public education but opposed integrated schools.  They will also be removing the name Henry Malcom Withers m another Confederate leader and slaveholder from the Withers-Brown Hall of the UVA Law School.

The university also plans to rededicate or remove the Hume Memorial Wall, a Confederate memorial honoring Confederate soldier Frank Hume.

But, Wait, What About UVA's Founder?  One Thomas Jefferson?  --Old Secesh